Friday, November 18, 2011

Math Genius (Cont)

Another math genius moment in our house....

I am trying to condense the lessons in our Saxon Math 2 book and get into our Sax Math 3 book, because we haven't been diligent in doing the bookwork.  I feel like we have still been learning math though.  I saw more evidence of that today.  Here is the conversation I had with my 6 year old.

I am paging through my Saxon Math 2 teachers manual, grouping lessons to do more of a mastery approach when I see a lesson on dozens and 1/2 dozens.  I think, I am pretty sure she knows this...

Me-- Bels, do you know how much is in a dozen?

Bels-- Yeah, 12

Me-- Do you know how much is in a half dozen?

Bels-- 6... and 3 in a quarter dozen.

Me-- Ok, thanks...

Ava-- Isabel, how much in a dozen and a half?

Bels--  Hold on, um... 18.

So, I have decided to breeze through the fraction lessons and the lesson on dozens.  I was pretty sure she knew everything Saxon Math 2 could offer on fractions and I was right.  I just hope Saxon Math 3 offers more because we will be into that book very soon.

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